Discovery Harbour vs Honalo

A side-by-side comparison of Discovery Harbour and Honalo: population, income, housing, and more.

Discovery Harbour and Honalo are places in Hawaii. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Discovery Harbour has the higher population (1,198 vs 1,057 in Honalo). Honalo has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $64,286 in Discovery Harbour). Honalo has the higher median home value ($578,800 vs $431,700 in Discovery Harbour).

Population, income & housing

	Discovery Harbour	Honalo
Population	1,198	1,057
Median age	59.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,286	$65,000
Median home value	$431,700	$578,800
Median gross rent	$1,579	$850
Housing units	695	405
Homeownership rate	81.9%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Discovery Harbour	Honalo
Population	1,304 → 1,198 (-8.1%)	2,254 → 1,057 (-53.1%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $64,286 (+20.5%)	$55,152 → $65,000 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$299,600 → $431,700 (+44.1%)	$400,700 → $578,800 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,579 (+25.6%)	$1,293 → $850 (-34.3%)

Discovery Harbour

Population

1,3041,198

Median household income

$53,333$64,286

Median home value

$299,600$431,700

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,579

Honalo

Population

2,2541,057

Median household income

$55,152$65,000

Median home value

$400,700$578,800

Median gross rent

$1,293$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Honalo
Under 5	4.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	5.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	10.2%
65 to 74	24.7%	13.6%
75 and over	13.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Honalo
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	20.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	22.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.8%	4.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.8%	37.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Discovery Harbour	Honalo
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	25.2%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Honalo
Drove alone	76.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Discovery Harbour	Honalo
1-unit, detached	96.1%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Discovery Harbour	Honalo
Poverty rate	13.8%	12.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	53	25
Median year structure built	2001	1977